Fujio Ishihara (石原藤夫, Ishihara Fujio, born in Tokyo in 1933) is a former professor of electronics at Tamagawa University, and a Japanese science fiction author.
Fujio Ishihara | |
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Born | (1933-04-01) April 1, 1933 (age 89) Tokyo, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
Genre | Science fiction |
Notable awards | 1985 Seiun Award for Kōseiki no Sekai 1991 Nihon SF Taisho Award special award |
He graduated Waseda University with a degree in electronics.
He made his science fiction debut in 1965. During the 1970s and 1980s he has been an active hard SF advocate. In the first half of the 1980s, he coined the term "Kōseiki Sekai" (光世紀世界, Light Century Universe), defined as the sphere with a diameter of 100 light years (within 50 light years radius from the Sun). He also edited Kōseiki Seihyō (光世紀星表, Light Century Catalogue), the star catalogue of Light Century Universe (738 stars had been known at the time, include the Sun). Also he is known for bibliographies of Japanese science fiction.
He received the Seiun Award best non-fiction book in 1985 for Kōseiki no Sekai, and Nihon SF Taisho Award special award in 1991 for his bibliography works.[1]
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